The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-01

receiver Hammond has asked the Commission of
Illinois to appoint experts to examine the road,
and hopes that if any defects were found they
will report il at Mr.. Sloan, the former
roadm aster, says there is not q road In the
country which has better class OF bridges and
trestles than the l.. d. & s., and he is a disin-
terested party.
The train dispatchers and other local officers
Of the L., A g 9. road. located At Lafayette,
to day change THAR headquarters TO Blooming
ton, Ind. which has been made division point
General Manager Bradbury, of the Lake Erie
81 Western road, says there are no grounds for
the report that this company is TO bid In the
Central Iowa at the coming foreclosure sale ana
consolidate the two The rumor was set ahoat
by an Eastern financial paper.
Shippers of live stock have been notified that
the Buffalo stock-yards will. after next weak, be
stock will proceed as promptly during the night
as do the shipments of live stock which arrive
in the daytime. Heretofore Western shippers
have complained that stock arriving in Buffalo
in the evening or early part of the night was
confined in the cars until daylight There Is to
be no more trouble on that score
The second mortage bondholders of the Chica-
60 & Atlantic are said to be high elee that
tho Erie railroad company has taken a full hand
in the legal fight, it betters their prospects to
effect a settlement with the first mortgage bond
who il interested in the case as an associate in
legal firm representing one OF the parties that
has filed suit. says that the Erie coming into the
fight mixes up matters more than ever, as the
latter will now be obliged to show mp in full its
traffic relations with the Chicago & Atlantic.
The officials of the Pennsylvania Company,
Oct 10, start on their annual inspection trip
Or Monday inspecting the road between Pitts
burg and Newark; Monday night running light
to Cincinnati; Tuesday. inspect the road between
Cincinnati and Urbana Wednesday, inspect the
road between Urbana and Indianapolis; Wed
nesday night, run light to Louisville; inspect the
road between Louisville and Indianapolis and
the Madison branch on Thursday; on Thursday
night run light to Chicago, and on Friday In
spect the road between Chicago and Marion, and
on Saturday from Marion to Bradford Junction.
The claim agents OF several of the Indiana
roads are now engaged in settling the damages
from fire property along their roads which
was occasioned by the long-continued drought.
The recent rains have been fortunate for the
roads, many parties who placed their dam
ages high obliged to reduce them largely.
the grass in many cases looking greeDer and
better than at any time for years. 1t is the
most trouble to settle with parties who had hay
stacks or fences burned. while parties
would be glad to get So per ton for their hay If
they sold it, when it is burned up they want at
the rate Of $40 per tom And old fences which
were about ready to fall down valued at
higher figures than new fences would cost.
More than q week has elapsed since the trunk
the sale of tickets reading over the boycotted
Rock Island road. But yet the lines in the
Central Traffic Association have not followed
their example. This is peculiar, says the Cleve-
land Leader. and can only be accounted for on
the hypothesis that the Central Traffic Assoca-
tion's lines fear TO offend the Pennsylvania Com
pany by restoring the tickets. The Rock Island,
for some real or imaginary grievance against
the Pennsylvania system, has not given 1t an
opportunity to resume friendly relations. and ap-
parently does not intend TO do 80 very soon. but
has COMPLIED with the requirements of all other
lines. The trunk lines deserted the Pennsyl-
vania only after a premptorv demand was made
by the Rock Island. and legal counsel advised
compliance.